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How are the structures of the foot and leg affected by wearing high-heeled shoes or boots? What surface anatomical structures would you expect to change when a person puts on this type of footwear?
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In order to balance upon a high-heeled shoe, the foot must be plantar flexed. The muscles that contract to perform this action include the soleus and gastrocnemius; therefore, a student of surface anatomy would note that these muscles, which cover the posterior aspect of the calf, would bulge, and the tendon leading inferiorly from them, the calcaneal tendon, would be taut. When wearing footwear with a low heel height, the calf muscles show less tension.
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